Ooda Loop

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The future "architecture of space" will be distributed across a broad vision, inspired by science fiction, of what space can and will be in the future. Government agency-led contributions to this "architecture of space" will figure prominently - like the recent Space Development Agency's (SDA) Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements - totalling $2.5 billion - awarding "three prototype agreements to build 54 satellites to establish the Tranche 2 (T2) Tracking Layer, which will proliferate m

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CIO

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Vendor partnerships are becoming increasingly vital to IT agendas today. And how well an IT leader deals with and orchestrates vendor relationships can mean the difference between a well-organized and efficient IT operation and a mess that costs an organization millions of dollars without delivering positive results. To ensure vendor relationship help their organizations achieve their goals, IT leaders should establish a comprehensive technology vendor management strategy focused on maximizing f

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Agile Alliance

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Effective March 1, 2024, select membership levels will see a slight increase in dues, a change from our temporary reduction during the COVID-19 pandemic to support our community. The post Important notice: 2024 annual dues adjustment first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Microsoft is in talks with Cloud Infrastructure Services Providers in Europe (CISPE) to settle the trade body’s complaint about its cloud software licensing practices in the European Union (EU). “Today, CISPE confirms that it has opened discussions with Microsoft aimed at resolving ongoing issues related to unfair software licensing for cloud infrastructure providers and their customers in Europe,” the trade body said in a statement , adding that both parties are exploring potential remedies.

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Xebia

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Managing the Many Concerns in Programming Programming is a challenging activity. One major cause for this is the sheer amount of balls to keep in the air. At any given time, we need to: Understand the problem and its context Come up with solutions Capture solutions in code Understand the surrounding code (Most likely) fit new code into existing code Make the solution maintainable Ensure the code does what it’s supposed to Communicate ideas to others And this is not an exhaustive list; ther

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Xebia

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

So, you want to start with green software on the Azure cloud by measuring your carbon footprint. But where to start? Microsoft Azure’s Sustainability API can help organizations measure their carbon footprint to analyze and reduce it. In this blog, we’ll dive into the carbon emission data it offers and how it can be leveraged for a more sustainable future.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The global IT services industry is at a significant crossroads, with the explosive growth of generative AI and deepening economic uncertainties reshaping its future. Recent financial reports from major global IT services firms have highlighted a concerning slowdown in the industry that could persist, signaling potential changes to hiring and spending plans.

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The Citus Data

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

PostgreSQL 16 introduces quite a few improvements to the query planner and makes many SQL queries run faster than they did on previous versions of PostgreSQL. If you look at the PG16 release notes , you’ll see some of these planner improvements. But with the volume of changes made in each PostgreSQL release, it’s not possible to provide enough detail about each and every change.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Frank LaQuinta is head of digital, data, and operations at Edward Jones, a role that encompasses responsibility for the financial services firm’s technology, digital, and data leadership, vision, and strategy. He came to Edward Jones in 2016 after a 30-year career in technology on Wall Street and was named chief information officer in 2018. On a recent episode of the Tech Whisperers podcast , LaQuinta discussed the additional responsibilities he’s taken on in his current role and what it takes t

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Rather than enforcing a binary point of view — you’re either climbing up the ladder or stepping aside — skillful managers don’t equate pace with potential.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Generative AI agents are a versatile and powerful tool for large enterprises. They can enhance operational efficiency, customer service, and decision-making while reducing costs and enabling innovation. These agents excel at automating a wide range of routine and repetitive tasks, such as data entry, customer support inquiries, and content generation.

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Ooda Loop

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Recent reporting indicates that U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) is in the middle of restructuring the organization and the forces that support it in order to best position the command to address the changing cyber threat landscape. The strategy behind “CYBERCOM 2.

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Ivanti

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

January often means the longest lines in the retail store are for returns. And, maybe ironically, those returns are regularly processed at the Customer Service desk. That right there — that’s an annual challenge. Consumers entering a store to make a return or exchange are already feeling inconvenienced. They bought or received an item they can’t use, and they’re at the store to resolve that problem.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The story of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, the winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries underpinning the mRNA vaccines against Covid-19, holds lessons for others who are pursuing radical ideas. Drawing on their interview with Karikó and those of others with Weissman and her, the authors extrapolate lessons on why pairs can be more effective in pursuing seemingly wild ideas and how to find someone to take the journey with you.

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Ooda Loop

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Google recently announced a new feature of Google Play Protect, which will block the installation of sideloaded applications that request sensitive permissions on Android devices. Fraudsters frequently leverage these permissions to intercept passwords via SMS or notifications.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Many organizations now realize that their struggles with workplace culture and recruitment may stem from a monolithic approach to policies, processes, and mindsets.

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Crunchbase News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

While Kansas City and San Francisco may be a good football matchup Sunday, it assuredly is not when it comes to the amount of venture capital both areas see. The City By the Bay has been a marquee venture market since venture capital became a thing. On the other hand, when it comes to venture, Kansas City has, well, good barbecue. However, both of the teams that will meet Sunday in Super Bowl LVIII have a few players looking to score touchdowns in the venture and investing world too.

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Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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DevOps.com

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

IT leaders must give developers and DevOps teams a simplified, trustworthy data architecture if they want modernization efforts to thrive.

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Ooda Loop

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

OpenAI, backed by Microsoft, is gearing up to revolutionize task automation with its latest venture into agent software. This cutting-edge technology aims to streamline complex tasks by seamlessly taking control of users’ devices, heralding a new era of efficiency and productivity.

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Dell EMC

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Sophisticated attacks can bypass software-only security. Combat modern attacks with Dell, Intel and CrowdStrike’s integrated solution.

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Ivanti

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

At Ivanti, our top priority is upholding our commitment to deliver and maintain secure products for our customers. Our team has been working around the clock to aggressively review all code and is singularly focused on bringing full resolution to the issues affecting Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Connect Secure), Ivanti Policy Secure and ZTA gateways.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Celtics vs. The Lakers, Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees, Frazier vs. Ali. I think all of us have our favorite epic rivalries that stick with us. But what makes rivalries so engaging? Some say it’s the bragging rights, some say it’s the passion, and others say it’s because rivalries tend to bring out the best in each competitor. I tend to lean towards all the above as being the catalyst for why we find them so engaging.

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Cloudera

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Overview This blog post describes support for materialized views for the Iceberg table format. Apache Iceberg is a high-performance open table format for petabyte-scale analytic datasets. It has been designed and developed as an open community standard to ensure compatibility across languages and implementations. It brings the reliability and simplicity of SQL tables to big data while enabling engines like Hive, Impala, Spark, Trino, Flink, and Presto to work with the same tables at the same

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Crunchbase News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This column is a look back at the week that was in AI. Read the previous one here. Last week AI private market investors likely rejoiced when it was reported data center startup Astera Labs was preparing for a potential March initial public offering. The Santa Clara, California-based startup provides data and memory connectivity solutions for some of the biggest chipmakers in the world, including Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

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Ruby on Rails

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Hi, it’s zzak. Let’s explore this week’s changes in the Rails codebase. Rails Foundation Docs A team has been formed to improve the existing Rails documentation. PRs from this project will stay open for one week for community review. Open this week: ActiveJob.perform_all_later Action Text Action Mailbox More to come! Properly synchronize Mysql2Adapter#active?

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The Hustle

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Expensive gas, pricey groceries, and out-of-reach homes are all painful reminders of inflation. But what hurts the most is when it comes for our simple pleasures, like our takeout. And for those who frequent New York City’s food carts, that’s exactly what happened, per The New York Times. The Halal Plates food cart in downtown Manhattan paints a picture of rising prices: Chicken over rice — the most popular dish, comprising two-thirds of the cart’s revenue — now costs $10, up from $6 before the

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InfoWorld

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

SharePoint’s role as an enterprise content management system may be an old-fashioned one, but that doesn’t mean the platform is frozen in stone. Over time, Microsoft adds new features, and deprecates and removes old ones. The company has even begun to spin off what were SharePoint features into separate applications. As SharePoint transitions from one way of working to another, these changes often require us to rewrite and rework our applications and extension code.

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Dell EMC

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A powerful code generation AI model for the open-source community.

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